B3 Podcast Network

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #54.  On this podcast, our guest is Kelli Rae Tubbs. She's a drummer and percussionist working in the music industry for more than three decades, Kelli’s resume spans the musical spectrum, covering jazz, pop, country, bluegrass, drum corps, brass band, and children's music. Since 2017, she has served as the house percussionis...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #53.  On this podcast, as part of our salute to vets for July 4th our guest is USAF and  257th Army Band veteran, Sheila Klotz. The opening track "Rockit" features Sheila on drums featuring a track from Drumtraxapp. Sheila proudly endorses TRX Cymbals and WFLIII Drums. Here's a few things you will hear in this episode:  ...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #52.  On this podcast, as part of our salute to vets for July 4th our guest is a silver star recipient from the US army. I sit down with my dad, Joe, recorded on Father's Day. Also I do a review of my father's day gift, a cocktail smoker kit. Here's what you will hear in this episode:   No rum stories Growing up in the r...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #51.  On this podcast, our guest was dubbed the "godmother of drumming" by the guys at Drumeo.  Her cover of  Disturbed's "Down With the Sickness" has been viewed 13 million times on YouTube and the rest is history.  Our guest is Dorothea Taylor. Also, Rene Rivera is back as my co-host. Also, I do a review of m...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #50.  On this podcast, our guest is the drummer and bandleader for the multi-platinum group Rascal Flatts. He has performed for millions of fans as well as numerous television credits. We talk about the status of Rascal Flatts farewell tour to shifting from touring to being more at home with his family and his projects like his third b...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #49 .  On this podcast our guest is Singapore based drummer Wini Tan aka "Tiny Wini".  She's been playing music since she was 3 and only started playing the drums at 19. Currently Wini does session work and freelances on sites like AirGigs. However her main project is the math rock, original music band "Alto Duo&quo...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #48 .  On this podcast, I have the hosts of the YouTube channel "Just Drinking", Robert and Roger.  Just Drinking Rum reviews are for the every day rum drinker.  They are just two guys who love trying new rums and want to share their tastes with the world. The reviews look at the looks, smells and tastes of each rum as if the...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #47 .  On this podcast, June 1st marks that start of hurricane season, so we have back on the podcast Tim Drum. I thought it would be good to get an update from him on what to expect this year. Here's what you will hear in this episode:   Reviewing the National Hurricane Center's forecast prediction for the 2021 hurricane sea...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #46 .  On this podcast, we aren't in the studio or on Zoom. We did a podcast takeover at past guest Chef McCann's (ep. 19) Nitrogen Bar, Grill and Sushi  in Jupiter, FL. This was our first Drums and Rums event where we did a podcast, featured local music, awesome food, giveaways and drink specials from our guest Doc Brown&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #45.   Our guest on the podcast drums it all, Aaron Edgar teaches online on Drumeo and his YouTube channel which has 2 million views and 13,000 subscribers, and the drummer for Canadian prog-metal band Third Ion. He's also is a published author and a regular poly-rhythm columnist for Modern Drummer.  When he's not teaching an...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #44 .   On this podcast our guest fits our podcast to a T. He’s a rum craft cocktail maker at North Carolina’s Instill Distilling and has drummed pretty much all his life and is currently the drummer for the band As We All Float. Also we try something different for our mid-show rum review where we have our guest review the rum during t...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #43.  On this podcast guest numero uno, Captain Kirk is back as we share a list of drummers who sing behind the kit or transitioned fully up to the front. This is conversational episode where two good friends chill with some cocktails and shoot the sh*t. Here's what you will hear in this podcast : Listen  where we both run down ou...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #42 .  On this podcast get your Bunsen burners and beakers out as we have the Cocktail Scientist, Joel Lackovich . Joel is also the  co-founder of Austin, Texas based Rock Sound Rum and also a writer for the Got Rum magazine. He talks about going to school at University of Florida for chemistry and biology to bartending at Washington D...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #41 .   On this podcast I learned about our guest after taping episode 34 with Shance Gransam when she played the track " Someone Else " from her band the Little Things that was produced by our guest Tommy Halla.  Tommy and I talk about producing music for south Florida bands as well as being a drummer in the Alex Meixner pol...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #40 . Our guest has over 500+ bottles of rum mostly comprised of Havana Club. He acquired his first bottle of Havana Club rum and  it sparked an interest and now a passion about the story of the Havana Club. Most people know about the Bacardi family and even though many people know about Havana Club, most don’t know about the family be...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #39 . Our guest is drummer for the south Floridian band, the VTF Project, Tommy McNamara. We talk about drumming and his power trio band.  The opening track is "Slender Man" from VTF Project's latest  2nd EP release, "The Civil Disobedience Luncheon Club" Also Alex from the Rum Barrel is back with a review of R...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #38 . Our guest is a fellow south Floridian and rum enthusiast. If you are a listener of the podcast, you’ll know him as he’s one our rum reviewers. We’re also sampling products from Celebration Distillation. Hopefully you had a chance  to catch our podcast with Katie Darling, CEO of Celebration Distillation episode #36.  Also on the m...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #37 . Our fourth and final podcast for the celebration of Women's History Month is with Katie Darling, CEO of Celebration Distillation. Our guest is the CEO of Celebration Distillation, the country’s oldest continually operated rum distillery located in New Orleans. She’s also the president of the Louisiana Distiller’s Guild. We a...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Our third podcast for the celebration of Women's History Month is with 15 year old south Florida and YouTube drummer  Angelina Bukata, aka Angel started drumming at an early age and was introduced to metal after seeing Iron Maiden.  Also on the mid show rum review, Jame from Ready Set Rum , reviews Bacardi's 10 year age rum, the Gran...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #35 . Our second podcast for the celebration of Women's History Month is  Karen Hoskin, CEO and founder of Montanya Distillers. Since 2008, Montanya Rums have earned 24 gold, silver and double-gold medals, including “Best Rum in the World” at the World Rum Awards and “USA Rum of the Year” at the Berlin International Spirits Compet...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #34.  It's March and it's Women's History Month and our guests will be women who are in the rum industry or those who are drummers.  So let's kick this celebration of Women's History Month with our first guest who's a drummer and also a multi instrumentalist, Shanance Gransam. She fell in love for the drum...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #33. Socially distanced and masked, my guests are Justin Hucker, owner of Live Music Community (LMC), Hector Diaz bassist for the Americana /Celtic band Kill Billies and his son Gavin LMC student and drummer for the bands GUTS and Unemployed Youth. Here's what you will hear in this podcast : The opening track will be the debut of...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #32. My guest is south Florida drummer, Erik Flinck from the band Martin County Electric. We kick off the show with a track of Erik performing  recorded live at the famous Square Grouper. Here's what you will hear in this podcast : We kick it off by shooting the s#$t of drummer stories How he got you into music at an early age and...

Send us Fan Mail Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #31.  My guest is rum enthusiast and UK based blogger, Alex of the The Rum Barrel.   Here's the things we discuss in this podcast: Introduction of  Alex and his website "The Rum Barrel" How Alex got into rum and encouraged by people in the industry to start blogging  How he developed nose/taste to describe rums His diver...

Send us Fan Mail  Where the backbeats meet the spirits. Episode #30.  My guest is North Jersey area Music Educator and Percussionist, Chris Bouvier.   Here's the things we discuss in this podcast: Drummers/musicians who have influenced him Growing up in a music house Performing at the Super Bowl Pursuing a degree in music at the University of Delaware We answer questions from the live podcast...